Search results

Map is loading...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Korea on occupation duty after Japan surrendered.] The Russians had...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

For Charles Balaza, flights of American planes over the prison camp foretold the oncoming victory. The end was near....

When Warren Schmitt returned from Okinawa, he had to be sent to San Diego for hospitalization. By the time he recovered...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Jackson served in the US Marine Corps as an automatic rifleman in Company I, 3rd Battalion,...

Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...

Ricardo R. Rondinelli and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 47th Bombardment Squadron, 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air...

Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...

Ralph Hopkins had a relief man named Ronald Lucas. They worked well with each other. They alternated watches to best...

Oral History